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The Honorable Zell Miller
Governor, State of Georgia
The Honorable Pierre Howard
Lieutenant Governor
The Honorable Thomas B. Murphy
Speaker, House of Representatives
Cordially invite you to attend the
Thirteenth Annual
Georgia Music Hall of Fame
Awards Dinner
Saturday, September 21, 1991
Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Thomas B. Murphy Ballroom
6:30—7:30 PM
ASCAP/Atlanta Oil Services/Governor's Reception
7:30—8:30 PM
Dinner
8:30—10:00 PM
GEORGY Awards and Show
R.S.V.P. with enclosed card by September 10, 1991
Black Tie Optional
sparsely performed from the 1940s through the 1970s.
Instead, he gave freely of his time and knowledge in
order to mentor younger musicians and to raise funds for
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Cambridge, Mass. in 1973 and died January 1, 1977.
Hayes was posthumously inducted in the Georgia
Music Hall of Fame in 1991 and is remembered as one
of the greatest African-American concert performers
ever. To have gone so far in his career and in his life was
remarkable considering where he came from. That's what
resonates the most with his nephew, who still lives near
that quiet place in Curryville.
"He grew up less than an eighth of a mile from where
I live right now," Robert Hayes said. "To grow up in a
farm like that and to get to the place where he was, that's
wonderful. That shows that perseverance and hard work
will get you a long way if you don't give up."
The Roland Hayes museum at the Harris Arts Center in
Calhoun is free admission. Guided tours for groups can be
arranged with a reservation.
Chris Hillyard is a writer for The Daily Citizen in Dalton.
You can write to him at chrishillyard@daltoncitizen.com,
or follow him on Twitter at @Hillyard_DC.
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